[Raycpa]

You received a cp2000 letter. It is a desk audit. Most that I see from non-clients are wrong. Many are from stock or bond sales. Have pro look at it.

Be careful with dates, you may have to file tax court petition

[Night Hides Not]

Good catch, Ray. It's possible that Luke sold stock and his amounts didn't reconcile with the 1099's received by the IRS. Rather than take the time to investigate, the IRS just did their calculation with the gross amount.

I haven't done a tax return as a paid preparer for four years...don't miss it one iota.

LOL...I earned my own letter last year. In my haste, I didn't correct the entry for my son's SS #, and they caught it. I made the correction, sent them a revised return, and that was that.